Carol Lamarche
The atmosphere at the STC 2012 Summit, the annual STC conference, was electric, with terrific presenters inspiring conversation and new directions.
Summit Panel Discussion: Why Technical Editors are Still Relevant
By Kelly Schrank
At the STC Summit 2012, the session “Why Technical Editors Are Still Relevant” drew a big audience. The distinguished panelists were all well known in the Technical Editing SIG and STC. Continue reading “Summit Panel Discussion: Why Technical Editors are Still Relevant”
The Magic of Syntactic Cues
By Michelle Corbin
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published as a post to Michelle’s blog, Technical Editors: Arbiters of Quality, on January 23, 2012.
Recently, I ran across a Grammar Girl article that was guest authored by a linguist about the topic of omitting the word “that” from sentences. Continue reading “The Magic of Syntactic Cues”
The Technical Stylist: All That and Which Too
By Kathy Underwood
Do you think that the following phrase—from Roosevelt’s speech preceding the declaration of war in 1941—has a grammatical error? Continue reading “The Technical Stylist: All That and Which Too”
Mastering Content Strategy: Technical Editing and the Digital Universe
By Andrea J. Wenger
The Maya predicted that on December 21, 2012, the earth would undergo a cataclysmic change.
I think they were off by five days. Continue reading “Mastering Content Strategy: Technical Editing and the Digital Universe”